The grant supporting the Multilingual Project Based Learning is worth $15,104 for the 2017-18 school year, and will support multilingual projects across all grade levels. The grant is funded by the Foundation for Madison's Public Schools in partnership with the Evjue Foundation. Prasad applied for the grant with Kathy Costello, the principal at Thoreau Elementary School, and Amanda Clarahan, a teacher.

Multilingual Project Based Learning is designed as a strategy to build social understanding and appreciation for cultural and linguistic diversity across the curriculum. There are 22 different home languages spoken at Thoreau, and these efforts aim to raise the awareness of both teachers and students of the value of linguistic diversity in their school.

Thoreau has hired the Madison Metropolitan School District's first multilingual education teacher, who will partner with Prasad to facilitate this work.

Kathy Costello, the principal at Thoreau Elementary School, receives the grant award from the
Foundation for Madison's Public Schools.